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Tulia Livestock Auction

Name: Tulia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-07-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Tulia, Texas · Thu, Jul 20

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1954

← Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

827 head

▼ 550 vs last sale 1,377▼ 488 vs year ago 1,315 · −37.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 14▼ 2 vs year ago 22 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with a higher undertone on limited comparable sales. Trade activity was light to moderate on good demand. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 5.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $237.15/cwt on 440 head.

Average price

$237.15

440 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,655

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$896

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2-3

$73.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.56

vs TX average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	738	248.73	1,835	189
Medium and Large 1-2	695	238.28	1,656	74
Medium and Large 2	667	228.89	1,526	162
Medium 2-3	537	175.00	940	15thin

One grade step is worth $73.73/cwt here — about $896 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale440 hd

237.15

—

TX average4 barns · 1,766 hd

243.71

−6.56

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,907	121.12	2,309	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,300	110.55	1,437	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,706	105.95	1,808	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,080	105.94	1,144	2thin

Every lot

44 lots · USDA AMS · Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,295	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,300	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	281.79/cwt	275.00–286.00	1,468	11
Steers	—	Medium 2-3	537	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	940	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,485	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,503	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,612	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,568	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,480	126
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	258.39/cwt	257.00–259.00	1,711	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	245.73/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,634	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	768	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,674	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	769	247.75/cwt	247.75–247.75	1,905	117
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	789	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,862	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	833	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,874	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,784	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	883	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,951	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	998	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,212	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	247.90/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,304	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	531	233.07/cwt	232.00–237.00	1,238	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	537	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,063	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	238.93/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,355	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,429	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	676	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,393	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,407	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,590	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	781	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,664	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,684	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	420	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,218	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,291	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	501	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,303	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	549	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,367	22
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	652	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,500	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,400	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,815	1
Bulls	—	—	1,913	128.23/cwt	127.50–129.00	2,453	2
Bulls	—	—	2,150	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	2,537	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	105.94/cwt	105.00–107.00	1,144	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	106.74/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,366	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,360	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,659	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,590	104.20/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,657	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,678	97.34/cwt	95.00–100.00	1,633	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,837	112.01/cwt	110.00–115.00	2,058	4

This sale against other markets

Texas weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Texas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Texas feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tulia Livestock Auction - Tulia, TX

Thu Jul 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Amarillo, TX (LS-AM)

Feeder CattleReceipts 827Last week 1,377Year ago 1,315

Slaughter CattleReceipts 20Last week 14Year ago 22

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	665	245.00–247.00	245.73
6	—	599	251.00	251.00
17	—	866	206.00	206.00
10	—	620	260.00	260.00
10	—	789	236.00	236.00
11	—	520	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	638	232.00	232.00
36	—	768	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	883	221.00	221.00
4	—	471	275.00	275.00
23	—	662	257.00–259.00	258.39
11	—	521	275.00–286.00	281.79
6	—	571	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	635	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	537	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	769	247.75	247.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	833	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	420	290.00	290.00
6	—	652	230.00	230.00
22	—	549	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	673	208.00	208.00
4	—	501	260.00	260.00
7	—	487	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	531	232.00–237.00	233.07
10	—	676	206.00	206.00
4	—	624	229.00	229.00
6	—	781	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	567	231.00–244.00	238.93
26	—	526	225.00–255.00	247.90
8	—	367	272.00	272.00
17	—	716	222.00	222.00
3	—	468	259.00	259.00
9	—	802	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	678	207.50	207.50
40	—	537	198.00	198.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,080	105.00–107.00	105.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	122.00	122.00
3	—	1,280	105.00–110.00	106.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,590	102.00–109.00	104.20
4	—	1,837	110.00–115.00	112.01
2	—	1,678	95.00–100.00	97.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,913	127.50–129.00	128.23
1	—	1,650	110.00	110.00
1	—	2,150	118.00	118.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.